Wolfhound: Secret Heroes

We snuck into the base, creeping silently through the tall wheat stalks surrounding the base. When we reached the border, we crouched down.

After about 20 seconds, we heard the radio call over our earpieces. "Anyone not in position?" "...Okay, move in."

We went prone and crawled in. Lucky those guards aren't very attentive, I thought as I nervously glanced at the pair on one watchtower, and then another. Or they'd rip us to shreds before we could even hit 'em.

After reaching the perimeter of the concrete, we went sideways until we came up on the edge of a building that blocked the watchtowers' views of us. We went back to crouching and walked to the corner.

Jackie took the corner, and I was right behind her. She peeked around, then motioned me to go the other way.

I turned around and went to the other corner. I could hear her following me.

I glanced around, only showing half of my head. No one was near us, or even looking in our direction.

We snuck over to a pile of crates, and then to a doorway of a building. According to Allen's map, we'd reached one of the barracks.

Jackie cracked open the door, but didn't let it go any further. We waited there for a minute, to make sure no one was suspicious, and then she nudged it another inch and looked in.

After a few seconds, she put the door back to being only a crack opened. She whispered "Eight guys, two of them armed. One's cleaning his gun, so that won't be a problem. Three of them are sleeping, or at least resting. Stay here, I'm gonna circle around. We'll hit 'em from both doors."

I nodded, and nudged the door open an inch, like she did.

I barely heard her padding off.

I peeked in, and confirmed what she'd reported. Eight guys, two armed, one cleaning, and three sleeping. One guy had a book. The other two were talking. Something about ladies in town, and how they'd love to get their hands on them. Among other body parts.

After about half a minute more of waiting, and Allen radioed. "Everyone in position?"

Leon came on "Sir, I've got a civilian, here. She's armed and hiding."

"What's her status?"

"I don't think they know she's even here. I can get to her, if you want. She looks like she's getting ready to kick off a fight."

"Do it. Maybe she can help us."

I prepared to wait a little more.

After about a minute, Leon reported in. "Her name's Amber. She'll help."

"Alright. Get yourselves in position, and I'll kick this off."

"... We're in position."

"Go."

And all he** broke loose in a matter of seconds.

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I pushed the door in and readied my gun at the spot I remembered the armed guy that wasn't cleaning was.

I pulled the trigger on his confused face. I heard a couple more shots as I was aiming at the bookie. The cleaner dropped, and so did one of the talkers.

Bookie went down as soon as he looked up. Talker 2 bolted for his buddy's gun, but three bullets in his chest convinced his body to retire.

Sleepers 1-3 all scrambled out of their beds. I'd already walked a few steps in, and didn't see the need to waste ammo. I shot one while I sprinted for another.

He tried to knock my teeth loose, but he was a slow waker. I socked him in the stomach, and he bent over, air rushing out. I used my elbow to the back of his head to introduce his face to the floor.

By the time I'd put the guy on the floor, Jackie had taken down Sleeper 3.

She looked at me, saw the barracks was clear, and yelled "Let's go!"

We rushed to the next one. As we got to the door, she stopped me from opening it. "Bait them. Open it and don't go in."

I saw her hand come up. She'd nabbed a grenade off of one of the guys in the previous barracks.

I smiled. "Gotcha."

I pulled the handle of the door, pushed it open a quarter-way, and scrambled back as a hail of lead tore through the opening.

Jackie waited till it died down, then she pulled the pin and tossed.

I closed the door. A muffled bang came. The ground vibrated for an instant. And then Jackie kicked our entrance out of our way.

It was easy. Out of the ten guys in there, three had survived the grenade. We finished them off.

When we got out, we found Allen walking out of the last barracks.

He nodded at us, and indicated the warehouse. We went.

There were only four guys in the warehouse, and two of them were alone. Too easy.

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When we'd all regrouped, Allen brought out the guy I'd knocked cold. His symbols showed he was high-ranking.

Leon splashed water on him, and he woke up, spluttering.

Allen immediately started interrogating the guy. But things quickly took a wrong turn.

"Fu** you!" He screamed after being asked yet another question.

I heard the sound of a pistol being cocked. "Wrong answer."

I turned just in time to see Amber blow the guy's kneecap off.

He screamed, and Jackie grabbed Amber. "Restraint!" She yelled, and escorted Amber off.

I looked back to see Jackson tending to the guy's leg. When he was done, Allen picked him up and hauled him off into a building.

As they went in, Jackson turned around. He saw me still standing there, nodded as a send-off, and shut the door.

I didn't wait around to hear anything else...